The ALS Association Kicks Off ALS Awareness Month and Commemorates the 10th Anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge
ARLINGTON, Va., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The ALS Association today celebrated the beginning of ALS Awareness Month and the 10th Anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which inspired the world to join the fight against ALS in the summer of 2014. Throughout May and the summer, the ALS Association will highlight stories of the people affected by ALS and point out the impacts made as a result of the $115 million the Association raised from the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- Global Phenomenon Raised Awareness and Advanced ALS Research, Care, and Advocacy
ARLINGTON, Va., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The ALS Association today celebrated the beginning of ALS Awareness Month and the 10th Anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which inspired the world to join the fight against ALS in the summer of 2014. - "We are here fighting for Shelby and everyone living with ALS," said Calaneet Balas, president and CEO of the ALS Association.
- The Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $115 million for the ALS Association in the summer of 2014.
- The ALS Association is working to make ALS a livable disease while urgently searching for new treatments and a cure.